I didn't want to put all my projects under one Git repository, nor did I want to go in and run this code for every single project, so I made a Bash script that will automate the process. You can use it on one or multiple directories - so it can do the code in this post for you or it can do it on multiple projects at once.
#!/bin/sh
# Script by Eli Delventhal
# Creates Git projects for file folders by making the origin Dropbox. You will need to install Dropbox for this to work.
# Not enough parameters, show help.
if [ $# -lt 1 ] ; then
cat<<HELP
projects_to_git.sh -- Takes a project folder and creates a Git repository for it on Dropbox
USAGE:
./projects_to_git.sh file1 file2 ..
EXAMPLES:
./projects_to_git.sh path/to/MyProjectDir
Creates a git project called MyProjectDir on Dropbox
./projects_to_git.sh path/to/workspace/*
Creates a git project on Dropbox for every folder contained within the workspace directory, where the project name matches the folder name
HELP
exit 0
fi
# We have enough parameters, so let's actually do this thing.
START_DIR=$(pwd)
# Make sure we have a connection to Dropbox
cd ~
if [ -s 'Dropbox' ] ; then
echo "Found Dropbox directory."
cd Dropbox
if [ -s 'git' ] ; then
echo " Dropbox Git directory found."
else
echo " Dropbox Git directory created."
mkdir git
fi
else
echo "You do not have a Dropbox folder at ~/Dropbox! Install Dropbox. Aborting..."
exit 0
fi
# Process all directories matching the passed parameters.
echo "Starting processing for all files..."
for PROJ in $*
do
if [ -d $PROJ ] ; then
PROJNAME=$(basename $PROJ)
echo " Processing $PROJNAME..."
# Enable Git with this project.
cd $PROJ
if [ -s '.git' ] ; then
echo " $PROJNAME is already a Git repository, ignoring..."
else
echo " Initializing Git for $PROJNAME..."
git init -q
git add .
git commit -m "Initial creation of project." -q
# Make the origin Dropbox.
cd ~/Dropbox/git
if [ -s $PROJNAME ] ; then
echo " Warning! $PROJNAME already exists in Git! Ignoring..."
else
echo " Putting $PROJNAME project on Dropbox..."
mkdir $PROJNAME
cd $PROJNAME
git init -q --bare
fi
# Link the project to the origin
echo " Copying local $PROJNAME to Dropbox..."
cd $PROJ
git remote add origin "~/Dropbox/git/$PROJNAME"
git push -q origin master
git branch --set-upstream master origin/master
fi
fi
done
echo "Done processing all files."
cd $START_DIR